Grace PetrieMojo top 10 album of 2017: Grace Petrie's Heart First
Aid Kit

'"Hello," said Grace Petrie sweetly. "I'm
a protest singer." Murmurs of approval. "Actually
I'm a socialist, feminist, lesbian, left wing protest
singer " The place erupted.' The first lines
of The Guardian review of Cambridge Folk Festival 2017
Grace Petrie found herself on a packed main stage on
the Friday afternoon of Cambridge Folk Festival 2017
seven years after she stared to attract attention with
her emotive anthem Farewell to Welfare, which captured
perfectly the spirit of the new wave of dissent in austerity
Britain.
A folk singer, songwriter and activist from Leicester,
UK, she has been writing, recording and touring relentlessly
ever since. She has racked up tour supports with Emmy
the Great and Billy Bragg, and has also made her mark
in the comedy scene supporting comedians Robin Ince
and Josie Long. She's appeared at Glastonbury four time
at the invitation of Billy Bragg, as well as an eclectic
genre-crossing mix of festivals Latitude, Musicport,
Blissfields, Shrewsbury Folk Festival, Greenbelt and
more including of course Cambridge Folk Festival. She
has collaborated with some of the most respected names
in folk, including Leon Rosselson, Roy Bailey and Peggy
Seeger.
Her unique takes on life, love and politics, and the
warmth and wit with which they are delivered, have won
over audiences everywhere, across the alternative, folk,
political and comedy scenes, amassing her over 9,000
Twitter followers and nearly 5,000 likes on her band
Facebook page and has individual Youtube videos with
over 93,000 hits. In 2015 she completed a Canadian tour,
culminating in a hugely successful performance at the
main stage of Vancouver Folk Festival.
She has quietly become one of the most respected songwriters
working in the UK today. She is a frequent guest on
BBC Radio 4's the Now Show, has appeared on Channel
4's Random Acts and has been featured in The Guardian,
Diva Magazine and The Independent On Sunday's 2013 Pink
List of influential LGBT figures.
Grace also performs with Coven, with Lady Maisery and
O'Hooley & Tidow.
Grace's young career boasts five DIY albums available
only at gigs, with her first full studio album for general
release due in autumn 2018. Her self-released album
'Heart First Aid Kit' received a top 10 album of 2017
placing from Mojo magazine.
Diva magazine nominated Grace for their 2018 Activist
Award, presented to an LGBT activist whose work highlights
inequality while advocating for positive, meaningful
change.
In May 2018 a Kickstarter campaign for her first studio
album raised £10,000 in just 24 hours and went
on to achieve £18.000 in the two week campaign.
The album, Queer As Folk, was released in September
2018.

What the media said about Queer As Folk:
'Queer As Folk may well turn out to be one of my albums
of the year' Folking.com
'She offers hope and solidarity, born out of absolute
conviction and with no trace of empty sloganeering .this
wake-up call is one to be both welcomed and wholeheartedly
embraced.' fRoots
'Petrie has delivered a personal and political statement
of the highest quality in a magnificent tradition.'
Morning Star
'An album of personal and political power, passion and
perception, it is hugely persuasive proof that Petrie
most deservedly earns her place at the table.' Folk
Radio